Borallon flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Borallon
(Somerset Regional, QLD) - 13.76 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 19 September 2026.
Suburb-wide figures; the free map shows which overlays touch your lot.
Constraint readout
13.76 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Borallon's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
Borallon at a glance
Schools in and near Borallon
Public school-location data shows availability across the suburb. These figures do not rate schools and do not assign a particular address to a catchment.
Inside the suburb boundary
0 schools providing primary years and 0 providing secondary years. A combined school may be counted in both teaching levels.
Nearest school availability
Primary: 5.17 km from the suburb boundary
Secondary: 7.80 km from the suburb boundary
Source: Queensland Government school geographic information. Catchment boundaries can divide a suburb and change over time; use the official catchment finder for a specific address.
How Borallon is zoned
We don't yet hold the planning scheme zoning for Borallon, so this page can't show its zone mix. That is a gap in our data, not an absence of zoning - every lot in Borallon sits in a zone under the Somerset Regional planning scheme, and Somerset Regional is the authority to check it with. The other overlays on this page are unaffected.
Across its 13.76 km², Borallon is highly constrained by planning overlays. Flood mapping covers the suburb and none of it falls within a mapped flood overlay, and 58% is flagged bushfire-prone. The median lot measures about 156,515 m² across 53 parcels.
Who lives in Borallon
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Borallon suburb boundary itself, not a wider region.
Socio-economic standing
ABS SEIFA 2021 ranks every Australian suburb. Decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth of the country, decile 10 the least.
Score 1014, and decile 8 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Borallon's 90 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Lowood, the wider ABS statistical area containing Borallon. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Borallon itself.
9,538 in 2001 to 15,478 in 2025, up 62%.
Source: ABS Census 2021 and SEIFA 2021 (Suburbs and Localities), Regional Population (SA2), CC BY 4.0. Small counts are randomly adjusted by the ABS.
Borallon data sources and coverage
“Not mapped” means we hold no source layer for this suburb - never an all-clear.
| Dataset | Coverage | Publisher |
|---|---|---|
| Flood mapping | Mapped | the relevant council planning scheme and Queensland Government spatial data |
| Bushfire-prone mapping | Mapped | the relevant council planning scheme and Queensland Government spatial data |
| Zoning | Not mapped | the relevant council planning scheme and Queensland Government spatial data |
| Heritage and environment | Mapped where published | the relevant council planning scheme and Queensland Government spatial data |
| Aircraft noise contours (ANEF) | Not held | the relevant council planning scheme and Queensland Government spatial data, Defence |
| Demographics | Available | Australian Bureau of Statistics (2021 Census and SEIFA) |
| School availability | Available | Queensland Government |
Profile last materially updated 19 September 2026. See the methodology and full source list. Source data changes over time and critical decisions should be checked with the responsible authority.
Check a specific Borallon address
See exactly which overlays touch a single property - the interactive map is free. Need it on paper? A full planning PDF is just $9.
Published flood models are held here: a Flood Model Report is available for about 30 Borallon addresses (+$9 with the planning report).
Building or pricing a slab? The $119 geotechnical desktop report covers geology, soils, bores and an indicative AS 2870 site class for a Borallon lot.
See what's in the $9 report →Borallon planning - frequently asked
Is Borallon flood-prone?
Flood mapping covers Borallon and less than 1% of the suburb falls within a mapped flood overlay (the council-wide suburb average is 2%).
Is Borallon bushfire-prone?
Around 58% of Borallon is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Somerset Regional average of 54%.
What is the zoning in Borallon?
We don't yet hold the planning scheme zoning for Borallon, so this page can't say how it is zoned - that is a gap in our data, not an absence of zoning. Somerset Regional publishes the zone maps for this area.
Does Borallon have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Borallon.
What is the typical lot size in Borallon?
Across 53 surveyed parcels in Borallon, the median lot size is about 156,515 m². There are also 3 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
What is the population of Borallon?
At the 2021 Census Borallon had 90 usual residents, with a median age of 36 and an average household size of 3.1 people. The wider Lowood statistical area, which contains Borallon, went from 9,538 people in 2001 to 15,478 in 2025, up 62%.
Is Borallon an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Borallon scores 1014 and sits in decile 7 of 10 nationally and decile 8 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Borallon?
Median household income in Borallon was $2,041 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,312 for the typical suburb in Somerset Regional. Median rent was $305 a week and the median mortgage repayment $2,167 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wanora | 3.6 km | 0% | 80% |
| Lake Manchester | 3.7 km | 5% | 86% |
| Pine Mountain Ipswich City |
4.3 km | 39% | 75% |
| Fairney View | 5.2 km | Not mapped | 37% |
| Fernvale | 6.3 km | Not mapped | 55% |
| Ironbark Ipswich City |
7.2 km | 23% | 95% |
| Kholo Brisbane City |
7.4 km | 29% | 80% |
| Glamorgan Vale | 8.4 km | 0% | 42% |
| Muirlea Ipswich City |
8.6 km | 36% | 97% |
| Haigslea | 8.6 km | 0% | 42% |